As the FAA’s forerunner in the Night Vision flight training industry, ASU is firmly established with flight operations worldwide. Whether you require basic NVG training or advanced training for special operations, our instructor pilots are well qualified to assist you with customized training. All ASU NIght Vision Training flight instructors have extensive civil and military NVG flight experience, a rarity in the training industry. They’ve flown NVGs in nearly every environment on earth, from the arctic to the equator, mountainous to open ocean, desert to jungle, rural farmland to most major U.S. cities (and many international cities), and nearly everything in between. Whatever the future holds, we’ll be ready to help you prepare for it.

Recurrent Night Vision Training Course

Part 141 Flight School – Rotorcraft Helicopter

Also available online

Online Recurrent Training: Co-developed by FlightSafety and Aviation Specialties Unlimited (ASU), this FAA-approved eLearning Night Vision Goggles (NVG) Recurrent course is designed to review NVG operational techniques during all phases of flight. NVG regulatory and procedural guidance FAA 61.31(k)(1) will also be covered. Click here to learn more about Online Reccurrent NVG training

ASU is also a FAR Part 135 Night Vision Goggle Operator and FAR Part 135 NVG Training provider. We use goggles as well as teach about them! ASU received FAR Part 135 NVG Operations approval in September 2002 – the first non-EMS NVG commercial operator in the U.S.

As a service to our customers, ASU also maintains an FAA Approved Part 141 Helicopter Flight School. Training is conducted in Boise, Idaho, in a Bell 206 B3. Our course curriculum ranges from night vision to initial private pilot certification.

NVG Crew & Maintenance Training

Training Programs are customized to meet each customers specific needs.

Ground School:

Aeromedical Factors

ANVIS Handling & Focusing Procedures

Terrain Interpretation

Operation Specifications

Risk Assessment

Flight Training:

Normal Operations

Emergency Procedures

Inadvertent IMC

NVG Malfunctions

Transition from Aided to Unaided Flight

Special Operations

Snow Environment

Dust Environment

Specialized Training:

EMS Operations

Mission Training

Tactical & Law Enforcement Operations

NVG Firefighting

NVG Hoist

Special Operations

Recurrent Standard & Emergency Procedures

Training Locations

Standard Training programs are typically conducted in the customer's aircraft at their locations and facilities. This provides our customer the advantage of environment and terrain while significantly reducing personnel training costs (travel & per-diem) as well as scheduling turmoil..

Ground and Flight Training is also available at our headquarters in Boise, Idaho, where on-site flight training is usually conducted in ASU aircraft (Bell 206 BIII).

Airworthiness Compliance Training

Our Capabilities and Syllabus

ASU’s NVG ground and flight training syllabus focuses on how best to optimize the use of NVG’s in civil flying operations including: